Monthly Archives: July 2025

A nice watch for a Chancellor bored of Wimbledon and the football.

Posted on July 11, 2025 by henry tapper

A good morning spent in the company of Chris Curry, Steve Goddard, Dr Priya Khambiyaita  and Arun Muralidhar. I was a little late but hope I contribute a little late on when I remind that annuities may be nice to … Continue reading →

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Pension PlayPen goes Olympian with Donna Fraser – great party Steve!

Posted on July 11, 2025 by henry tapper

I hope I am reading this right! Donna Fraser, one of my and my partner’s great athletics heroes? Has Steve really gone and done it? Not only is she a great athlete, she’s a great ambassador for British sport and … Continue reading →

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DB Pension Scheme Transaction Transparency and Scrutiny – Baker Hughes (2)

Posted on July 11, 2025 by henry tapper

I’m a words man. William McGrath is a numbers man, I think we are both humanists, we value human happiness over corporate profits. So William has responded to my well read blog this week about Baker Hughes’s inhumanity with this … Continue reading →

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OBR says Gilts are in the pension graveyard – hope they’re right!

Posted on July 11, 2025 by henry tapper

Earlier this week I blogged on the EC’s worry that pension schemes are falling out of love with owning gilts. Today, Toby Nangle, the fellow who makes macro-economics accessible to fools like me, backs up the contention that UK pension … Continue reading →

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Isn’t the time up for “own trust” DC pension schemes?

Posted on July 10, 2025 by henry tapper

Barnett Waddingham has released it’s view of the large DC market and it doesn’t make much sense to me. Here’s the gist as promoted by Mark Futcher. This at a time when the largest “own trust” DC scheme- the one … Continue reading →

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Aren’t we all selling off gilts to pay better pensions?

Posted on July 10, 2025 by henry tapper

The FT’s Mary McDougall is at her best when talking to those in the bond markets. Here she talks to the Dutch as they anticipate moving from liability matching to what we used to have, pensions that do as well … Continue reading →

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Pension Bee finds US much the same in New York as London

Posted on July 10, 2025 by henry tapper

Oh yes New York consumers are reckoned savvy – they probably think we Londoners are too. But what ties us together is we are stupid and funny! I am a fan of Pension Bee, they are a successful pension company … Continue reading →

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NatWest’s Market Insights on turning pots to pensions.

Posted on July 9, 2025 by henry tapper

NatWest produce an excellent round up of pension news; you can read it here. I am interested in their views of how the Pension Schemes Bill will play out. They make an interesting point that there could be alternatives to … Continue reading →

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The King, the President and the Consultant – Steve Hodder excels!

Posted on July 9, 2025 by henry tapper

It was an exciting hour of pension conversation. Steve Hodder presented his ideas, his slides and a video of the event are set out below. It was memorable and so was the setting! On the river outside police ribs were … Continue reading →

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PIC buys-into Baker Hughes pensions, while staff are kicked out of work

Posted on July 9, 2025 by henry tapper

A fairy-tale of pension success…? Professional Pension  headlines the buy-in of pensions owed to staff in DB plans at Baker Hughes. Press and Journal run another story, not about PIC and buy-in but about a disaster for 1,000 staff whose … Continue reading →

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